'Devastated' Simon Cowell breaks silence with now-deleted Liam Payne tribute
Cowell has now broken his silence with an emotional tribute to the star. It was the music mogul's idea to form One Direction with five boys who had auditioned on The X Factor. The group - made up of Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik - became The X Factor's biggest success story to date.